Kev. I totally agree. I never want to hear the ridiculous comment about top 26 from the club ever again.
Its the same old comment from me but as long as the Selfish Smiths remain owners ( they are not caretakers ) we will never aim at top 10.
With a good and wealthier owner installed a few years ago we could not guarantee remaining in premier league but we would have a 2 tier city stand and be able to retain players such as JM and BG for longer and sign up better players to help us push forward.
We have the base, but the owners are old, stuck in the 70 's, unambitious, have no need for receiving millions by selling and will stay here forever.
I am lucky as have seen the successful premier league days and the one year in europe but the younger fans are being deprived of this due to Smiffs considering clinging on to ownership being more important than the club being successful.
Like all fans I am desperately wanting us to win every game this season and get promotion hopefully as champions but the harsh reality ( reinforced by Smiffs latest demoralizing interview ) is that we will still sell Aarons (and maybe Emi ) and lose Skipp and replace them with what we already have and sign maybe another loan player or 2 and several U23 's for the future.
The plan to not buy good players will inevitably lead to another embarrassing relegation season.